Housing Checklist
for new residents

After you have completed the housing application, there are several tasks to complete:

1 Roommate Matching

WCU Managed Housing selection will open mid-March and the priority deadline for consideration will be June 1, 2025. Students interested in requesting a preferred roommate or searching for a roommate should follow these steps:

  • To access the WCU Managed Roommate Matching Page between mid-March and June 1, 2025:
    • Log in to RamPortal
    • Locate the “Housing & Dining” card and click on “Housing & Dining”.
    • Click on “Application for On-Campus Living” at the top of the page and select the Academic Year 2025-2026 term session to apply.
    • Complete all necessary elements of the application including, but not limited to: Emergency Contact, On Campus Prerequisite Form, Meal Plan Selection, Community Living Standards review, Alcohol EDU
    • Choose WCU Managed as your preferred housing provider
    • Complete the questions on the Roommate Matching Lifestyle Questionnaire

USH Affiliated Housing roommate selection will open in early May 2025.

  • Students that have selected USH Affiliated Housing as their preferred housing provider should continue to monitor their email and utilize the USH Resident Portal for updates.
Students living on campus
Move in packets

2 Select/Receive your Housing Assignment

For WCU Managed Housing, you will be assigned a residence hall utilizing your WCU Managed Housing Application answers. WCU Managed Housing Assignments will be sent to students’ WCUPA emails in mid-to-late June.

For USH Affiliated Housing, students will select a residence hall. Please continue to monitor your email and utilize the USH Resident Portal for updates.

3 Select a move-in timeslot

New students (new first year students and transfer students): Move-in timeslot selections opens on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 10:00am (EST)

Returning students: Move-in timeslot selection opens on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 10:00am (EST)

Move-in timeslot availability is first come, first serve. If you do not select a move-in timeslot by 4pm on August 1, 2025, a move-in timeslot will be assigned to you.

How to select a move-in timeslot for WCU Managed Housing:

  1. Instructions will be provided closer to July 2025.

How to select a move-in timeslot for USH Affiliated Housing:

  1. Instructions will be provided closer to July 2025.
Student with parent
Student moving into dorm

4 Upload a Photo for your Ram Card

Your Ram Card (student I.D. card) provides you access to your residence hall, meal plan/Flex/Ram Bucks, library, student recreation center, campus events, and more.

You must successfully upload your Ram Card photo to receive your Ram Card on move-in day at check-in. 

Upload your Ram Card photo

Learn more about Ram Card

5 Pack and prepare for move-in day

Learn what to bring, details about what’s included in your room, floor plans, and more.

WCU Managed Housing MOVE-IN

USH Affiliated Housing MOVE-IN

Studnet moving into dorm
Rammy in cart

6 Move-in Day

It’s time to move into your new home!

First-Year students and transfer students move-in August 21 and August 22, 2025.

Returning students and students living in on-campus apartments move-in August 23 and August 24, 2025.

Move-in timeslot selections opens in mid-July.

Learn more about MOVE-IN